US Economy Archive:
US Unemployment (Jan data)
In: Employment US Economy
6 Feb 2009So, that’s 3.5 million more unemployed since Feb 08, and 1.8 million in the last 3 months alone.
Interactive drill-down map. Related article
FED Lending Instruments
22 Jan 2009A very nice table showing all of the FED’s Lending instruments and conditions:
Past Recessions
22 Jan 2009Interactive narrated summary of previous US recessions, from NYT.
Wall Street Wages
22 Jan 2009
US Unemployment vs other Recessions
20 Jan 2009
EU and US Bailouts
In: Bailout Finance Global Economy Interactive Source: FT US Economy
16 Jan 2009Interactive chart of government bailouts by type (through Jan 16)
Currency Maps
In: Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT Updated regularly US Economy
7 Jan 2009From FT: An interactive map that shows the relative performance of a currency against other major currencies for a range of time periods (today, 5day,. up to 1 year)
[Note: There is no direct link to the map (silly java), you have to click on the “Currency Macromap Launch now” window on this page]
A similar heatmap (with more currency coverage) is available at Oanda.com
2008 in Review
5 Jan 2009An animated calendar of major indicators, showing max and min as it goes (click on the “Next” button to run it through).
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